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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim contemplate doing while in the lifeboat, but does not do because he does not want to give the other three men in the lifeboat the satisfaction?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Crying.
(d) Sleeping.

2. How do the other three in the lifeboat feel when they realize that Jim - not the other engineer - is on the lifeboat?
(a) They are happy.
(b) They are sad.
(c) They are furious.
(d) They are curious.

3. As the captain and the drunken man are fighting, what happens to the ship?
(a) The ship catches on fire.
(b) The ship's sails go slack.
(c) The ship runs across something.
(d) The ship's engines fail.

4. How much time elapses between when the ship has its accident and when Jim finds himself at the official inquiry into the incident?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Three months.
(d) One month.

5. On board, Jim witnesses a drunken man verbally abusing the captain. Who is the drunkard?
(a) The engineer.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) The navigator.
(d) The first mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jim feel when he learns of the chance to relocate to the place that Stein and Marlow suggest?

2. After traveling throughout the land with a famous Dutch traveler, where does Stein eventually make his home?

3. What does Jim discover in the forepeak of the ship?

4. What is the name of the nautical assessor who is presiding over the inquiry and who captains a steel steamer?

5. How long does Jim clutch the tiller in an attempt to avoid being thrown off of the lifeboat?

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